Yachting, Vol. 2

Name: Yachting, Vol. 2
Author: Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of

Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of

Yacht racing; Yachting; Yachts

CHART OF THE ROYAL IRISH YACHT CLUB, DUBLIN BAY COURSES
                                  "                                371

  'NAVAHOE,' N.Y.Y.C.         _From a Kodak_                       372

  CHART OF THE ROYAL SOUTHAMPTON YACHT CLUB, WARNER AND
  LYMINGTON COURSE            _Club Card_                          379

  CHART OF THE ROYAL ALBERT YACHT CLUB, SOUTHSEA COURSE
                                  "                                381

  CHART OF THE TORBAY REGATTA COURSE
                                  "                                383

  'SATANITA'                  _From a Kodak_                       385

  CHART OF THE START BAY YACHT CLUB, DARTMOUTH, COURSE
                              _Club Card_                          387

  CHART OF THE ROYAL DART YACHT CLUB, KINGSWEAR, COURSES
                                  "                                389

  'DRAGON III.'               _From a Kodak_                       398

  CHART OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. REGATTA COURSE
                              _N.Y.Y. Club Sec._                   405

  'VIGILANT,' CUP DEFENDER    _From a photograph by Stebbins,
                              Boston, Mass._                       406

  'VALKYRIE'                  _Adamson, of Rothesay_               408




CHAPTER I

ROYAL YACHTS AND ENGLISH YACHT CLUBS


ROYAL YACHTS

BY R. T. PRITCHETT

The innate love of the English for everything connected with
seafaring, roving and adventure, burst prominently forth in the time
of Queen Elizabeth, when Drake and Raleigh showed what could be done
in small craft in 'ocean cruising,' and, with early Corinthian crews
from Devon and the brave West, sallied forth and straightway laid the
foundation of our navy, and our present numerous fleet of yachts. In
1604 an early designer, one Phineas Pett, built a yacht for Henry of
Wales; and to him the Navy was much indebted for general improvement
in line and build throughout the early part of the Stuart dynasty.

At the Restoration we begin in earnest the History of Yachting, and
find King Charles II. taking most enthusiastically to yacht building
and even racing. That mine of wealth for the details of every-day
life, that minute recorder of modes and fashions, Samuel Pepys, Esq.,
F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty, first brings to our notice the
aquatic taste of His Majesty. In his delightful 'Diary' we find:--

     _July 15, 1660._--Found the King gone this morning by 5 of
     the clock to see a Dutch pleasure boat below bridge, where
     he dines and my Lord with him.

In a further notice we find His Majesty winning the first yacht race
in the Thames, over the course of the R.T.Y. Club, Greenwich to
Gravesend and back--a wager of one hundred guineas.

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Yachting, Vol. 2

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